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Maternal diabetes and obesity influence the fetal epigenome in a largely Hispanic population.
Clinical epigenetics - 19 Feb 2020
Rizzo Heather E, Escaname Elia N, Alana Nicholas B, Lavender Elizabeth, Gelfond Jonathan, Fernandez Roman, Hibbs Matthew A, King Jonathan M, Carr Nicholas R, Blanco Cynthia L
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BACKGROUND: Obesity and diabetes mellitus are directly implicated in many adverse health consequences in adults as well as in the offspring of obese and diabetic mothers. Hispanic Americans are particularly at risk for obesity, diabetes, and end-stage renal disease. Maternal obesity and/or diabetes through prenatal programming may alter the fetal epigenome increasing the risk of metabolic disease in their...
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